Editorials
by Rajen Kumar
Dildaar or Daag-daag? Redefining Delhi's Tagline?
Rather than forward a mail, which disturbed me no ends, to the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, I have thought it prudent that I share it with my readers. For, I am not sure if the mail...
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Special Reports
May 2013SafeRock Minerals Paving the Organic Path in India
According to, “The State of Food and Agriculture Report 2012”, “world agriculture needs to feed a projected population of more than 9 billion people by 2050, some 2 billion...
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News
FedEx Targets SMEs with Ship Site...
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world's largest express transportation company, recently announced the launch of its Ship Site program in India—a business building alliance offering...
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Rockefeller Foundation Launches...
The Rockefeller Foundation announced a new competition in search of solutions that will improve livelihoods for poor or vulnerable workers in the world's informal economies. Launched in celebration of...
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CommunicAsia2013 - Asia’smost...
Asia’s premierand most established business event for the global ICT industry returnstoMarina Bay Sands Singapore from 18 to 21 June 2013. CommunicAsia2013 will feature a comprehensive range of the...
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Ozma Inc. of Japan Enters Exclusive...
Ozma Inc. of Japan and the Mileage Communications Group announced an exclusive and strategic partnership to provide public relations support services in Asia outside of Japan. ...
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Women Steal the Show at 4th Annual...
Women speakers stole the show at the 4th Leadership Congress held in Sharjah last month under the aegis of Alleem Knowledge Center. They were Shyleswari Rao, Founder, Ved Vyes Inner Space in India; Dr....
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JNTO launches "Winter Gifts Promotion"...
New Delhi, January 2, 2013 - Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has announced the launch of its "Winters Gifts Promotion" campaign for its' Indian Facebook page fans. The campaign is open to Facebook...
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Rotary Club, Bangalore South East...
In an unique endeavour and the first of its kind, a Bangalore Rotary Club has come forward to recognize the SMEs in various segments. To recognize the potential and contribution of the SMEs sector to the...
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Kaspersky Small Office Security...
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Windows among the top 3 products in the SMB/Enterprise category...
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VMWARE INTRODUCES ENHANCED OFFERINGS...
MW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, unveiled new VMware vSphere® 5.1 solutions to help small and midsize businesses (SMBs) simplify and protect IT with industry-leading virtualization,...
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Norton Appoints HCL Digilifeas...
Dedicated Distribution Channel to Address Growing Consumer Need for Protection from Mobile Threats...
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“Dream Yuva”...
It was indeed a great pleasure to see students of MBA (Marketing & Sales) IIIrd Semester of Amity Business School, Lucknow Campus conducting a Marketing & Sales Activity “Dream Yuva” during the festival...
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Pan-African AgriBusiness Forum...
An international platform will be provided to South-South business relations as African entrepreneurs welcome Indian investors during this year’s AgriBusiness Forum 2012 to ensure economic growth between...
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Top Stories
Need for Integrated Approach to Water Management for Sustainable Development
Impact of climate change on Earth's ecosystem, the livelihood, and well-being of societies is facilitated through the medium of water. Variations in climate change affect availability and distribution of rainfall, melting of glaciers, river flows and groundwater,...
The DAV University Promises to be Harbinger of Modern Era
Legendary Indian saint Swami Dayanand Saraswati's words ring so very inspirational even after more than a century and a quarter. Said the learned sage: “A man who, after being educated and moving in a good company, does not exercise his brain, is always immersed...
Interviews
kyocera believes Corporate is first a member of society
The Kyocera Group is a diverse enterprise of 235 companies worldwide with global headquarters in Kyoto, and regards a corporation as a member of society. Irrespective of the times, Kyocera aims to fulfill our responsibility as a corporate citizen that supports...
“Responsible Business Practices Can Address Poverty Issues”
Partners in Change(PIC) was established as a not-for-profit organization in 1995 specifically to promote CSR in India and since then it remained a pioneer in building awareness and capacity assisting companies in becoming partners in development by promoting...
Features
HR Interventions in Overcoming Challenges in MSMEs
We all know the importance of this sector and some figures available on SME sites confirm that… “MSMEs constitute approx 95% of all Industrial units and contribute 45% to Industrial Output, 40% of exports, employing 60 million people, create 1.3 million...
Walking on the Edge of Life in Disguise
Last week I happened to watch a talk show on a popular Tamil channel. The television camera zoomed in on a woman in her early thirties, who was letting out her pent up emotions. Her parched skin and sunken eyes bespoke volumes of her poverty and her words...
We Will Educate Indian SMEs About the Power of the Internet
SMEs in India have a potential of great magnitude in the export segment which is largely untapped and unexplored. However, technology shift and lack of knowledge about web services are the principal impediments...
NSIC Braces up for the Next Level
Set to move to the next level of growth, NSIC is bracing up to create an all-new ecosystem to bring more and more people especially from tier II and tier III townships to have easy access to a variety...
Focus
Development of Small Scale Enterprises in India: Fantasy of Indian Policy Makers
It has been observed that in most of the market economies,...
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Inclusive Innovation
For much of modern history, innovation – especially of the truly radical kind – was largely seen as the domain...
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MSEs Sine Qua Non - Prompt Payment
The plight of Micro and Small Enterprises [MSEs] especially Micro; due to delayed payments by buyers,...
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Build Your Marketing 'Muscle' After BPO and KPO, now it's time for MPO!
Economic uncertainties, post the recession has opened more vistas...
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kyocera believes Corporate is first a member of society
The Kyocera Group is a diverse enterprise of 235 companies worldwide with global...
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HR Interventions in Overcoming Challenges in MSMEs
We all know the importance of this sector and some figures available on SME sites...
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The Last Word
My Mother's Day
Times were when we celebrated with fervour and flavour hallowed days like 'Teacher's Day', 'Labour Day', 'Flag Day' etc. but as modern times invaded our lives, we borrowed 'days' for us. Today,...
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Export Potential of Herbal and Medicinal Plants in India
The demand for medicinal plant-based raw materials is growing at the rate of 15 to 25% annually worldwide. Global market size for herbal and medicinal plants is estimated at US$ 60 billion and is projected...
With 50,000 investment to 134 Cr. Turnover - He Just Dialed the Right Numbers
Now Just Dial is also launched in the United States. Just Dial was selected for its migration from a Microsoft DOS-based client server system to a web-based system powered by Red Hat Enterprise Linux....